Linda Eder

It has been 14 years since I spent some quality time with hard-core Jekkies. But I haven't forgotten.

The place was the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. The show was the touring production of Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde," replete with the square-jawed, irony-free, big-piped Chuck Wagner in the starring role.

This was not the first tour of "Jekyll & Hyde." Under the direction of Robin Phillips, the musical based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella had played Chicago before its Broadway run of 1,543 performances (or almost four years).

By 1999, the show had acquired a cult following, mixed reviews notwithstanding. It was not so much due to...

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